Toy desk telephone



se t. 23', 1924. 1,509,599

N. N. HILL TOY DESK TELEPHONE F1108! July 29, 1922 Patented Sept. 23,1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN N. HILL, or nAsT HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, AssIeNon To THE N, N. HILLBRASS 00., or EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, .A CORPORATION.

TOY DESK TELEPHONE.

Application filed July 29, 1922. Serial No. 578,320.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, NORMAN N. HILL, aCitizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toy Desk Telephones; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute partof this application, and represent, in

Fig. 1 a view in front elevation of my improved toy desk-telephone.

Fig. 2 a view thereof in transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a view in vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. i a detached reverse plan VIEW of the integral hook andclamp-member.

My invention relates to an improved toy desk-telephone, the object beingto produce at the minimum cost for manufacture, a simple, durable andpleasing toy of the character described, constructed with particularreference to reducing the number of parts to the minimum, and toenabling the child to ring the bell with one hand while holding thereceiver in the other hand.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a toy desk-telephonehaving a two-part clamp, one member of which carries the receiver-hookand the other of which carries the bell.

My invention further consists in a toy desk-telephone having certaindetails of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, as herein shown, I employ adummy-transmitter 5 surmounting a standard 6 having a base 7, to whichis attached one end of a cord 8, the

' other end of which is attached to a dummyreceiver 9, the partsmentioned being of any approved form and construction.

The self-contained bell 10, which may also be of any approved form andtype, and which is provided with a projecting operatinglever 11, issecured by a rivet 12 to the right-hand member 13 of a two-part clamp,

the other member 14 of which is formed with an integral struck-upreceiver-hook 15 merging into its upper edge midway the length thereof,and extending to the left on the opposite side of the standard from thebell. Both the horns and the shank of the hook are by preference and asshown, struck up into U-sha-pe to increase the rigidity of the hook. Therespective ends of the clampmembers 13 and 1d. are bent outwardly andpierced to form perforated lugs receiving clamping-screws 16, by meansof which the clamp is gripped upon the standard 6.

The construction described reduces the number of parts to the minimumand enables the individual parts to be made very strong and produces aneat and pleasing effect. The toy, moreover, is not liable toderangement, since the receiver-hook is rigid with the clamp, and sincethe bell is provided with a short operating-lever not liable to bebroken off or deformed in case of dropping the toy, and positioned sothat it may be operated to ring the bell with the forefinger, while theright hand is holding the toy, leaving the left hand free to hold thedummy-receiver to the ear.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction shown and described, my invention being characterized by atoy desk-telephone having a twopart clamp, one of which carries aself-contained bell and the other of which is provided with a rigidreceiver-hook.

I claim:

1. In a toy desk-telephone, the combination with a base, of a standardrising therefrom, a transmitter surmounting the standard, a receiverconnected by a cord with the toy, a two-part clamp clasping the. upperportion of the standard, a bell mounted upon one member of the saidclamp and furnished with an operating-lever, and a receiver-hookoriginating upon one edge of the other member of the clamp, midway thelength thereof, and extending horizontally outward therefrom at a rightangle thereto.

2. In a toy desk-telephone, the combination with a base, of a standardrising therefrom, a transmitter surmounting the standard, a receiverconnected by a cord with the toy, a two-part clamp applied to the upperportion of the standard, a self-contained bell In testimony whereof, Ihave signed this furnished with an operating-lever, attachedspecification in the presence of two sub- 10 to one part of the clamp ata point midway scribing witnesses.

the length thereof, and a receiver-hook 5 formed integral with one edgeof the other NORMAN N. HILL.

part of the said clamp and extending out- Vitnesses: ward therefrom inline with the axis of the V. N. HILL, bell and U-shaped incross-section. N. W. HILL.

